3 CD's I would Have On A Stranded Island...

Imagine this...


I'm out in the middle of the ocean, in a duck-hunting boat with a 6 horse motor and all of a sudden...Here comes the Hurricane!! I black out...

Next Day I will be on an island that has not been discovered yet. Sunny day, there's a little breeze along with the potent smell of dead fish, other aquatic species. There are tiny mountains, and salt water is making me nautious. Yuck! However, a big ship passes by and sees me on the shore. I get up and wave him over...

He tells me He cannot give me a ride back, because he doesn't know that if I'm a refugee or not, just so he wouldn't bring in an illegal alien. I don't have any ID! However, he said he can give me 3 CDs along with a stereo that I wish to keep me happy. Thought about my 3 favorite albums in the world for about 5 minutes...

1.) Guns N Roses- Appetite for Destruction: Why- Every song is a hit. Oh yes, nothing goes wrong with listening to this CD. I bang my head, crank it up, and lets the lead out! I can listen to this CD all the way through. When I first bought it, it was the epitome of my collection. Welcome to the Jungle gets my blood boiling, Paradise City brought back memories with my parents throwing parties, and Night-train is killer! I remember the Paradise anthem for as long as I can remember, but my parents told me not to get a Guns N Roses CD when I was younger cuz they swear! Pffffftttt....anyway, when I became older like 12 or 13, I bought the album. Every single one of those songs you cannot complain about! What got my buddy playing guitar! Slash tops everyone in guitar playing!

2.) Neil Young- Harvest Moon: Why- Nostalgic; takes me back. Used to listen to this album in the car all the time when I was like 8-9 years old. Roadtrips, when my mom would take my brother and i to baseball practices in the summer. My mom was in love with Neil Young, and this album had some good mellow tunes. Ever since then, I liked Neil Young and bought some of his albums. Rockin' in the Free World Is my song. Used to play that for a cover song whenever I am jamming. One of my bands played that in a show. My senior year, everyone knew that it was my song. People would quote it all over my yearbook ..."Be happy with what you do, Jon, and remember to keep rockin' in the free world"...nice! But anyway, that song wasn't on harvest moon. Harvest Moon was acoustic, sang about heartbreak, his dog, sang about stories of his life. Very interesting album if you have not heard it. However, I don't forgive my uncle for saying one time "Nothing gets worse than waking up to Neil Young on the alarm clock..." Grrrr......

3.) Pearl Jam - Vs: Why- Elevates happiness. If I am on a stranded Island, I need songs like "Leash" and "Animal" or the infamous "Blood" to rock out to from this amazing album, which was their second album. Many of their hits are on this record and it is good stuff to have anger and sadness to fade away. I remember shortly after my first break up during high school, this album saved me from moping around. Eddie Vedder is a good lyricist, the band is solid, and they are still going strong today. (Neil Young/Vedder are good buddies). My favorite grunge band, I think they got Nirvana and Alice In Chains beat!

Pearl Jam evolved from the band "Mother Love Bone." Great kick-ass Seattle band. Andrew Wood was the lead singer, and had Jeff ament (PJ's bassist) and Stone Gossard (PJ's Guitarist) in the band. I have their "apple" CD. If I had a forth choice, it would be this CD because it has some good licks, and sounds a lot like GN'R! Sadly, Wood died from an overdose. Then came in Eddie Vedder and brought Pearl Jam alive.

These tunes outta keep me busy for awhile!

J2K